This CD demonstrates that Saint-Saëns is the origin of the "French wind tradition." Although very classical, the three 1921 sonatas announce the "Groupe des Six"...continue...
Recording information: Paris....continue...

In France, the Conservatoire de Paris played an active role in spreading the clarinet's popularity, and French composers wrote numerous studies, competition pieces and sonatas...continue...
Recording information: Salle claude-Champagne, University Of Montreal, Montrea (1996)....continue...

Camille Saint-Saëns originally wrote his humorous suite "The Carnival of the Animals" for private performance to a group of friends, but today it is one...continue...
Recording information: Paris (03/01/1977/03/02/1977)....continue...

Presenting works by German, French and British composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Arthur Campbell and Helen Marlais exhibit the enormous dynamic and sonic...continue...
Recording information: Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Can (2005-06-12_2005-06-15&2011-)....continue...

The San Diego Symphony continues its post-centennial, 100 & Beyond, in a big way, by giving the gift of music to the world with the...continue...
Recording information: Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California (02/02/2011-02/04/2011)....continue...

Celebrated as one of the most successful and gifted composers of his day, Saint-Saëns wrote music for woodwind instruments throughout his long career. This recording...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto, Canada (06/07/2008-06/09/2008)....continue...

Few woodwind instruments have appealed as much to composers' imagination as the clarinet. Its remarkable propensity for timbral variation - from the softest, barely audible...continue...
Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Norway (01/2008/06/2008)....continue...